Regional roundup: Mia Mottley goes for third term, US tightens visa rules for pregnant travelers, Trinidad partners with Microsoft on AI, and Jamaica seeks IMF help again.
Read More →It’s the Super Bowl of Guyanese politics: Budget 2026 drops while the opposition elects an ‘international fugitive’ as their leader. Plus hotels, stadiums, and that $100,000 cash grant everyone’s been waiting for.
Read More →Uncle Ramesh celebrates Budget 2026 and the $100,000 cash grant while questioning why the opposition is electing a man facing US extradition charges.
Read More →Your satirhat look at today’s Guyanese newspapers — because sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying 🇬🇾
The Story: After weeks of constitutional drama that would make a telenovela writer jealous, Speaker Manzoor Nadir has finally announced that Opposition MPs will meet Monday at 10:00 hrs to elect the Leader of the Opposition — right before the National Assembly presentation.
Read More →Uncle Ramesh, retired accountant from Queens, NY, no longer reads all four papers online but still has PLENTY to say about Guyana 🇬🇾
Listen, me reading dis Brief dis morning and me nearly spit out me chai.
All dis NOISE about who gon be Opposition Leader? Bai, dem LOST de election! De people SPOKE! Now dem fighting over who gon be CAPTAIN of de TITANIC after it done hit de iceberg!
Read More →De Bounty Board — where Guyana connects!
🏏 Cricket Match
🎵 Gospel Concert
🎨 Art Exhibition
📚 Book Fair
Read More →⚠️ DISCLAIMER: This is a SATIRICAL gossip column. ALL names, characters, and scenarios are ENTIRELY FICTIONAL. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. This is meant for entertainment purposes only. No actual gossip or real people are referenced here.
Chile, dis week been SPICY! Me phone ringing off de hook with people wanting to share dem stories. So grab yuh doubles, sit down good, and let Bam-Bam tell yuh wah going on in de streets!
Read More →Your regional roundup from across the Caribbean
From Bridgetown to Kingston, Port of Spain to Georgetown — here’s what’s making waves across the region today!
The Headlines:
The Brief: The US and Caribbean relationship looking more complicated than a Port of Spain traffic roundabout!
Read More →Your satirical summary of Guyana’s news — Read all four papers in 5-6 minutes so you don’t have to!
The Headlines:
The Brief: So Monday’s the big day, right? Wrong. We’ve been saying “Monday’s the big day” since September. Azruddin Mohamed, the US-indicted gold dealer who somehow controls a quarter of the National Assembly, is apparently “scared” about the Opposition Leader vote. Scared of what? Losing? Winning? Having to explain to his American lawyers why he’s running a country instead of running from an extradition warrant?
Read More →A diaspora perspective from Queens, NY
Good morning from Richmond Hill! Waking up this Saturday to some EXCELLENT news from back home, and I just have to share with my fellow patriotic Guyanese in the diaspora!
While some negative people complaining about Budget 2026, I watching from here and seeing PROGRESS.
You know how many budgets the PNC delivered when they was in power? Budgets that drove people like ME out of Guyana to come and struggle in Queens? Now look at us — we have oil money, we have investments, we have DEVELOPMENT!
Read More →De truck backing up with de freshest deals from de markets! Beep beep beep!
De markets BUSY dis Saturday! Budget coming Monday, so people stocking up before prices change. Here’s what we seeing:
| Item | Price | Vendor Vibes |
|---|---|---|
| Tomatoes | $800-1000/lb | “Tek it or leave it, prices going up Monday!” |
| Ochro | $400/bundle | Sweet and fresh, come early! |
| Bora | $300/bundle | Plenty available |
| Plantains (ripe) | $200-300 each | Good quality dis week |
| Eddoes | $500/lb | Big and clean |
| Cassava | $400/lb | Fresh from de farm |
| Pumpkin | $300/lb | Cut to order |
| Item | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken (whole) | $950/lb | Prices steady |
| Fish (Bangamary) | $1200/lb | Fresh catch! |
| Beef | $1400/lb | Get deh early |
| Shrimp | $2500/lb | Premium quality |
Julie mangoes starting to show up! First batch going for $500-700 each, but give it two weeks and prices gon drop. De mango man by Bourda back gate say “Two more weeks and everybody eating mango!”
Read More →PM Mottley calls snap election for February 11 seeking historic third term, Trinidad’s Kamla Persad-Bissessar defends CARICOM stance, and Caribbean Airlines closes its Barbados hub.
Read More →DJ Roadblock brings you the Friday evening traffic situation and weekend road conditions across Guyana.
Read More →US Ambassador Theriot diplomatically sidesteps the Speaker drama, APAD joins the chorus against electing Mohamed, Minister Rodrigues cruises the Demerara, and over 200 Guyanese now certified in fibre optics. Plus opposition visits Tabatinga school and finds four workers.
Read More →Your weekly satirical investment advice from the most patriotic portfolio manager in Guyana.
Read More →Uncle Ramesh from Queens applauds Ambassador Theriot’s diplomatic wisdom, celebrates APAD for putting country over politics, and explains why river cruises prove Guyana is becoming a REAL tourism destination.
Read More →The completely fictional whispers making rounds in Georgetown this week. All names changed, all situations imagined, all entertainment guaranteed.
Read More →Mottley calls Barbados elections for February 11, Trinidad’s new PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar navigates US-Venezuela tensions, Jamaica secures IMF emergency funding for Hurricane Melissa recovery, and Caribbean Airlines restructures its regional operations.
Read More →Tracking what the government promised vs what’s actually happening. This week: Linden-Mabura road hits 62%, gas plant deadlines pushed back (again), and Linden finally getting its stadium.
Read More →Uncle Ramesh from Queens applauds Speaker Nadir for telling the truth about the Opposition Leader situation, explains why the Belgian port deal proves Guyana is the Caribbean’s rising star, and questions why Charrandass is making TikToks instead of reading laws.
Read More →